Graduate Scholarships & Awards
Below is a list of all Scholarships, awards and prizes for which postgraduate students are eligible.
If no link is supplied please speak to the administration staff in that School who are responsible for the scholarship, award or prize that you are interested in, to clarify exactly what is on offer, at any given time.
Please note that many awards and prizes are sponsored by industry and provide materials or opportunities other than cash grants.
Scholarships, awards and prizes are subject to change
- Jim Marks Scholarship
- Margaret Lawrence Social Justice Award
- Anthony Ganim Award
JIM MARKS POSTGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP 2009
The purpose of the scholarship, which will contribute to course costs and living expenses, is to enable a student to enjoy a measure of financial support during their postgraduate studies. The Jim Marks scholarship is offered to one postgraduate student enrolled in any VCAM discipline, who is in financial need.
To be eligible, applicants need to:
- have completed an Undergraduate degree or equivalent
- have been accepted into one of the Faculty of the VCA and Music postgraduate disciplines
- be an Australian Citizen or Permanent Resident
| Amount |
Approximately $7000 to be awarded in 2009 |
| Eligibility | Postgraduate Student from any discipline |
| Selection Criteria | See Terms and Conditions |
| Application Procedure |
Application form and Terms and Conditions available March 2009Closing date 8th April 2009 |
| Application Date/Frequency |
Annual awards |
| Award Date |
CLOSED for 2009 |
THE MARGARET LAWRENCE SOCIAL JUSTICE ISSUES FUND AWARDS- Closing Friday 26 June 2009
The Margaret Lawrence Social Justice Project Fund provides financial assistance to support and involve students in work and communications, primarily through film, but also other art forms, which are designed to raise awareness and debate in the broader community about a wide range of global and local issues which do, or could (as determined by the artist or discipline) have an adverse impact on the communities within which those issues are evident or emerging.
Total funds available of approximately $5000 in 2009 and may be used to cover research, project-related expenses, costs associated with the production and presentation of art work and travel. Projects should demonstrate a high level of professional practice. The application process requires students to:
• Describe the issue adversely impacting on a community,
• Outline the project's specific communication objectives,
• Describe the stakeholders,
• Describe the audience for the project.
Projects with interstate and international travel components will be considered where students wish to undertake research, present conference papers, films and performances, and exhibit works of art directly associated with the project.
| Amount | Approximately $5000 will be available in 2009. Major and Minor Awards will be made on the recommendation of the selection committee. |
| Eligibility | Award courses, any discipline |
| Criteria | See Terms & Conditions below |
| Selection | Project must be endorsed by your Discipline and approved by panel |
| Application Procedure |
See Application Form below |
| Date/Frequency |
Closing Date 26 June 2009 |
| Award Date | July 2009 |
Application Kit
The Margaret Lawrence Social Justice Issues Fund Application Form 2009 will be availale in 2009
The Margaret Lawrence Social Justice Fund Issues Terms & Conditions 2008
Postgraduate Scholarships
N/A
Postgraduate Awards (no application)
- Visual Arts Fellowship Award
- KPMG Tutorship
- National Gallery Women’s Association Postgraduate Encouragement Awards
- Athenaeum Club Visual Arts Award
Postgraduate Awards
- Friends Encouragement Award
- Sir Rupert Hamer Arts Postgraduate (by Coursework) Scholarship - Dance Award
SIR RUPERT HAMER ARTS POSTGRADUATE (BY COURSEWORK) SCHOLARSHIP- DANCE AWARD - December/January 2009
Amount of Award: $15,000 in total
$10,000 fee remission will be paid directly to the successful applicant's discipline, and therefore should not impact on a student's taxable income or adversely affect any Youth Allowance, Austudy or Abstudy entitlement. A living/materials allowance of $5,000 will be paid to the successful recipient.
Eligibility: Applicants must be a postgraduate student in 2009 (by coursework) in Dance at the Faculty of the Victorian College of the Arts, the University of Melbourne; a practising artist ; holder of a completed Undergraduate degree or equivalent and in financial need.
Terms and Conditions: set out all selection criteria, application process and all relevant information.
Closing date: NOVEMBER 2009
Download Sir Rupert Hamer Scholarship application here
Download Sir Rupert Hamer Terms and Conditions here
Postgraduate Scholarships
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Barbara Manning Scholarship Award
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Orloff Family Charitable Trust Scholarship
Postgraduate Awards
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Yvonne Taylor Award
| Amount | Variable |
| Eligibility | VCA Drama Postgraduate students |
| Criteria | Student potential & financial need |
| Selection | Winner selected by Academic Staff. Must be Australian or New Zealand citizen |
| Application Procedure |
Please refer to Head of Post Graduate Studies |
| Date/Frequency | Not applicable - Annual |
| Award Date | Award offset against fees mid-January |
ORLOFF FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST Scholarships
| Amount | $3,500 (total prize money) |
| Eligibility | One award of $1750 made to selected Undergraduate student, one award of $1750 made to selected Postgraduate student in Drama each year |
| Criteria | Demonstration of outstanding commitment to their course |
| Selection | Winners selected by Academic Staff |
| Application Procedure | These awards are not open to student application, no application forms |
| Date/Frequency | These awards are offered each year |
| Award Dates | August / September 2007 |
Next awards to be made in 2007
Film and Television has a number of awards which are merit based, some are made at script stage and the remainder for completed productions. There is no application for these awards which are determined by panels appointed by the department. View award lists from previous years
Postgraduate Scholarships
- Harold Fisher Opera Scholarship
- Kate Flowers Memorial Scholarship
- Spivakovsky Scholarship
- Mabel Kent Estate Singing Scholarship
- Sleath Lowery Scholarship for Singers
Postgraduate Awards
- Willem van Otterloo Memorial Fund Award
- Improvisation: Doctor Phillip Law Award
- Marion Isobel Thomas Estate Awards
- Wagner Society Award
- Music Student Provident Fund
- Alan C. Rose Memorial Fund Project Grant
- Dr Phillip Law Award
Amount: $5,000
Eligibility: undergraduate or postgraduate student undertaking principal study voice in repertoire or improvisation streams.
Criteria: Financial need, potential and commitment.
Selection: Winner selected by Academic Staff.
Application procedure: Application forms will be available from the VCA Music Office.
Next award to be made in May 2009
Award Date: May 2009
Amount: variable amounts
Eligibility: Offered to the student with the highest marks for principal study in both undergraduate and postgraduate studies
Criteria: Outstanding talent and commitment
Selection: Winner selected by Academic Staff
Application Procedure: This award is not open to student application
Date/Frequency: This award is offered each year
Next award to be made in 2009
Award Date: December 2009
WAGNER SOCIETY AWARD
Amount: $500
Eligibility: undergraduate or postgraduate student undertaking principal study in Practical Composition.
Criteria: Winner selected on the basis of a composed submission
Selection: Winner selected by Academic Staff
Application procedure: Application forms will be available from the VCA Music Office.
Next award to be made: TBA
Award Date: TBA
Amount: grants of up to $250
Eligibility: Enrolled students in undergraduate or postgraduate study
Criteria: See Terms and Conditions via link below
Application Procedure: Application form via link below
Date/Frequency: June and November 2009
KATE FLOWERS Memorial Scholarship
Amount: $5000
Eligibility: Undergraduate or postgraduate student violin, viola or cello
Criteria: Level of attainment in Principal Study and other practical and academic subjects
Selection: Winner selected by Academic Staff
Application Procedure: Application forms available from the VCA Music General Office
Date/Frequency: This award is offered each year
Next award made in 2009
Award Date: March 2009
SPIVAKOVSKY Award
Amount: $2,000
Eligibility: A Composition student enrolled in the Bachelor of Music Performance, Bachelor of Music Performance (Honours), Postgraduate Diploma in Music Performance or Master of Music Performance courses
Criteria: Students are not eligible unless they have satisfactorily completed at least one year of a Bachelor of Music degree at an Australian university.
Selection: Winner selected by Academic Staff
Application Procedure: Application forms are available from the VCA Music Office
Date/Frequency: This award is offered each year
Award Date: September 2009
SLEATH LOWREY ROTARY Scholarship
Eligibility: Repertoire voice student (undergraduate and postgraduate)
Criteria: Potential as demonstrated to the panel; evidence of attainment to date that student is likely to complete all components of the course
Selection: Winner selected by Academic Staff
Application Procedure: Application forms available from the VCA Music Office
Date/Frequency: This award is offered each year
Next award to be made in 2009
Award Date: December 2009
Eligibility: Honours and Postgraduate Students
Criteria: Contribution of the project to the applicant's professional development Performance and research aspects of the project
Expected aims and outcomes of the project
Selection: Winner selected by Academic Staff
Application Procedure: Application form available via link below
Date/Frequency: This award is offered annually
Next award to be made in 2009
Award Date: March 2009
Download the 2009 Alan C Rose Memorial Fund application here
WILLEM van OTTERLOO MEMORIAL FUND Award
Amount: $5000
Eligibility: Final year undergraduate or postgraduate repertoire students intending to pursue further study in Europe.
Criteria: Results of assessments and proposed overseas study program (preferably in The Netherlands)
Selection: Winner selected by Academic Staff
Application Procedure: Application forms available from the VCA Music Office
Date/Frequency: This award is offered biannually.
Next award to be made in 2009
Award Date: October 2009
Eligibility: Any student of improvisation enrolled in undergraduate or postgraduate study
Criteria: Excellence in innovation performance, commitment to studies and School activities
Selection: Winner selected by Academic Staff
Application Procedure: Applications available from the VCA Music General Office
Date/Frequency: This award is offered each year
Next award to be made in 2009
Award date: September 2009
TRINA PARKER DESIGN SCHOLARSHIP FUND
The Trina Parker Scholarship, valued at $7,000, is a contribution towards the fees for a successful applicant to the Postgraduate Diploma of Production (Design) studying at the Faculty of the Victorian College of the Arts and Music.
AMOUNT $7000 (fee remission contribution)
ELIGIBILITY Applicants for the Postgraduate Diploma of Production (Design). To be eligible, students must be Australian Citizens or Permanent Residents.
CRITERIA See Terms & Conditions
SELECTION This Award is determined by the VCAM Dean on recommendation of Selection Committee.
APPLICATION PROCEDURE Download Application and Terms of Reference forms:
Application Form
Terms and Conditions
(Application form and Terms and conditions to be updated shortly.
Please use the above as a guide till then)
APPLICATION DATE/FREQUENCY
Closes Friday 22 January 2010
One scholarship offered once per year
AWARD DATE – Late January
For further information about the fund and Trina Parker please click here.